Category: Able Americans
Recent Medicaid Reforms Will Benefit People With Disabilities
While the left whines about recent Medicaid reforms, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley is confident that people with disabilities will benefit from the changes. In a recent Fox News story, Rachel outlined the provisions she is excited about: Rachel Barkley, ...
Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley: America Urgently Needs Options To Care For Mentally Ill Neighbors
“The United States has only 18 mental health beds per 100,000 people, far below what is needed to serve people in need,” write Able Americans‘ Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at The Daily Caller. “For individuals with the most severe mental health conditions, ...
We Can Support Special Education Without the Department of Education
Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley was interviewed by The 19th about the Trump administration’s decision to lay off most employees within the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office: Reducing the Department of Education has long been a stated goal ...
We Must Not Penalize People With Disabilities For Working and Saving
“My boyfriend and I have talked about marriage a few times, and we’re not going to do it because I would lose my Medicaid, and it would cost us so much money for me to have private insurance.” After a ...
Kansas Is Leading the Way on Financial Empowerment for Foster Youth with Disabilities — Other States Should Follow
Each year, thousands of young Americans with disabilities age out of foster care and step into adulthood with little more than determination. Too often, they do so without the financial tools or education needed to build independence and stability. It ...
DOJ’s Uber Lawsuit Triggers Questions from Disability Activists and Shareholder Activists
The National Center's Able Americans program and Free Enterprise Project teamed up to deliver a letter to the Uber board of directors yesterday seeking answers related to the recent lawsuit filed against Uber by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding ...
Repeating the Mistakes of the Past is No Way to Reshape Modern Disability Policy
"People with disabilities are not broken. Our systems are," write Neil Romano and Sara Weir Rogers in a commentary posted at "Helen: The Journal of Human Exceptionality." They elaborate: The government doesn’t invest in their future, not because the need ...
David Ridenour: A Lifelong Battle: Parents Demand Dignified Care for Children with Disabilities
"Unless it touches your life, it’s difficult to realize how many people with disabilities are being harmed by the very programs intended to help them," notes National Center for Public Policy Research Chairman David Ridenour. In a commentary published at The ...
Able Americans Champions Concrete Reforms for Those Living with Disabilities or Mental Illness
Washington, D.C. - Able Americans, a project of the National Center for Public Policy Research, has released two important new reports aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with disabilities or mental illness. In “ABLE Accounts 3.0: Empowering People ...
Rachel Barkley on the ADA’s Promise at 35: A Progress Report and a Call to Action
On the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley reflects on where we are and where we still need to go. Her thoughts and her story are below. This month marks the 35th anniversary ...
